JITESH MALIK, Esq. is a graduate of the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (B.A.); H.N. Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttranchal, India (LL.B.); and the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (LL.M.) where he also served as the Executive-Editor for the Buffalo Criminal Law Journal.

As the Founding/Managing Partner of the Nanuet, NY office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. (jmalik@malikpopiel.com) Mr. Malik focuses his practice on business immigration matters and provides strategic immigration planning to address the needs of the U.S. employers in obtaining temporary nonimmigrant visas for business professionals (including managers, executives, physicians, nurses, dental and computer professionals). Mr. Malik also assists both corporations and individuals in the preparation and submission of employment-based permanent residency matters which include, among others, the EB-1 Outstanding Professor/Researcher Petitions, the

Jitesh Malik, Esq.Founding/Managing Partner

EB- 2 National Interest Waiver Petitions, PERM Labor Certification Applications, as well as the EB-5 Investor Petitions. In addition, Mr. Malik also counsels individuals in highly complex immigration matters, which include Motion to Reopen & Reconsider and Nunc-Pro-Tunc requests to the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Mr. Malik also prepares petitions to the Administrative Appeals Office, and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals.

Among others, Mr. Malik formerly served as Senior Counsel with the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, (Manhattan, New York) as well as Immigration Counsel with the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C. (Arlington, Virginia) where he focused on business immigration matters, and various types of federal litigation.

Mr. Malik has written and published various works, which include, among others: The Immigration Time Machine. H-1Bs’ Regaining Time Spent Outside the United States, Vol. 17, No. 3 Geo. Immigr. L. J. 417 (2003); Tightening The United States Immigration Laws In The 21ST Century, Vol. 4, No. 1, 271-284 Chinese ILJ (2005); and Maintaining The United States’ Longstanding Promise For Happiness And Prosperity In The Eyes Of Foreign Nationals, (in progress).

Mr. Malik is a member of the New York State Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) (New York City Chapter); South Asian Bar Association (Wash. D.C. & New York City); Delhi High Court Bar Association (New Delhi, India); and Delhi Bar Association (New Delhi, India).

Mr. Malik is admitted to practice in New York, District of Columbia, before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the Bar Council of India (New Delhi, India).

Mr. Malik has also conducted presentations extensively in his specialized practice area at venues, which include, among others,

Jitesh Malik, Esq., and Mark Popiel, Esq., Webinar, U.S. Immigration Options In The New Era For The Academia, (Buffalo, New York), May 6, 2008.

MARK P. POPIEL, Esq. is a graduate of Brock University (B.A.) and the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law (Juris Doctor), International Law concentration.

As the Founding/Managing Partner of the Buffalo, New York office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. (mpopiel@malikpopiel.com) Mr. Popiel represents small to multi-million dollar corporations, professionals, as well as health and academic institutions in various permanent and temporary resident matters where he advises his clientele on the proper choice of visas and employment-based immigration categories, governmental procedures, content and format of applications and petitions, as well as a host of other immigrant and nonimmigrant related matters.

as well as National Interest Waivers and Extraordinary Ability Petitions. Among others, Mr. Popiel formerly served as Senior Counsel with the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, as well as the Director of Immigration Services (Chief Immigration Counsel) for the State University of New York at Buffalo where he represented foreign faculty, scholars, researchers, and other staff members in the processing of their temporary, as well as permanent residency immigration cases.

Mr. Popiel has written and published various works which include, among others: Redrafting the Right of Self Defense in Response to International Terrorism, Across Borders Gonz. Int'l L.J. (Spring, 2003), and co-author of The Immigration Time Machine. H-1B's Regaining Time Spent Outside the United States, Geo. Immigr. L.J. (Spring, 2003), War by Sanctions: Are We Targeting Ourselves? Currents: Int'l Trade L.J. (Summer, 2003), and Tightening The United States Immigration Laws In The 21st Century, Chinese J. of Int’l Law (Spring 2005).

In addition to his practice with Malik & Popiel, P.C., Mr. Popiel currently serves as the Director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School where he teaches the Immigration Law Clinic to upper level law students. Among others, Mr. Popiel also serves as an Adjunct Faculty with Hilbert College teaching Immigration Law to undergraduate students.

Mr. Popiel is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice in New York, before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and as a Foreign Legal Consultant (practicing U.S. law) in Ontario, Canada.

Mr. Popiel has also presented extensively in his specialized practice area at venues which include, among others,

Mark P. Popiel, Esq., Immigration Law Practice and the Worldwide Web, University of Western Ontario Law School Web cast Interview, (London, Ontario, Canada), March 14, 2008.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq., International students - Have skills, will travel: foreign students hope for work in the United States, The Spectrum, Vol. 57, I. 64, Editorial by Leslie Church, Asst. News Editor, (Amherst, New York), January 30, 2008.

Jitesh Malik, Esq. and Mark P. Popiel, Esq. Employment of Foreign Professionals in Today’s Marketplace, University at Buffalo Law School (Buffalo, New York), December 1, 2007.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq. Radio Commentary on the Role of Immigration and the Law Clinics at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, UBFO Public Radio 88.7 (Buffalo, New York) November 2006.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq., The Baldy Conference Working Groups on Cultural Policy and Cultural Diplomacy and Migration Policy and Pluralism, Current Changes in Immigration Law (Buffalo, New York), November 7, 2006.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq., Guest Lecturer, US Immigration Policies and Laws, The National Conference for Community and Justice of Western New York Board Meeting (Buffalo, New York), June 27, 2006.

Ellen Dussourd, Mark P. Popiel, Benjamin M. Griffiths, International Students & Scholars, Big Brother, and You: Coping in the Post 9/11/2001 Era, National Association of College and University Attorneys, 46th Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois), June 24 through June 28, 2006.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq. Guest Lecturer, North American Free Trade Agreement and Mobility of Foreign Nationals, University at Buffalo Law School (Buffalo, New York), March 7, 2006.

Mark P. Popiel, Esq., Employment of Professionals Under The United States Immigration Law, McMaster University – Master of Business Administration Association Seminar (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), November 22, 2005.

Ms. Pellegrino is an Associate Attorney with the Buffalo, New York office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. and concentrates her practice on nonimmigrant matters, including H-1Bs (for specialized occupation professionals), H-4 Applications for dependents, and the North American Free Trade Agreement TN/TD Petitions. Ms. Pellegrino also advises and prepares immigrant petitions which include, among others, EB-2 and EB-3 Immigrant Petitions and National Interest Waivers, including Adjustment of Status Applications and related filings. Ms. Pellegrino is admitted to practice law in New York. Ms. Pellegrino is fluent in Spanish and has a moderate understanding of Italian. Ms. Pellegrino is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Lawwhere she received her J.D. She also holds a B.A. in Modern Language (Spanish) and History (Concentration in European History) from St. John Fisher College. During law school, Ms. Pellegrino interned with the Legal Aid Society of Rochester’s Immigration Department; the New York State Defenders Association’s Criminal Defense Immigration Project; and served as a clerk with the Buffalo Immigration Court, as well as the Eighth Judicial District Erie County Court. In addition, Ms. Pellegrino was a member of her law school’s Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition team and a clerk for the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Also, as a Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow, Ms. Pellegrino completed her fellowship with the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of New York.

Mr. Mooney is an Associate Attorney with the Buffalo, New York office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. where he is involved in the preparation of immigrant and nonimmigrant matters which include, among others, H-1B and L-1 petitions, as well as permanent residency through U.S.employer and family sponsorship. Mr. Mooney has formerly served as an attorney handling Medicaid and Medicare liens, as well as was a Law Clerk with the Erie County Attorney’s office. Mr. Mooney is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School where he received his Juris Doctor degree. Mr. Mooney also holds a Bachelor of Science, in Political Science, degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Mooney is admitted to practice law in New York. Mr. Mooney also holds basic/conversational understanding of Japanese.

Ms. Antoine is an Associate Attorney with the Nanuet office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. specializing in immigrant and nonimmigrant matters which include H-1B (for specialized occupation professionals), L-1A/L-1B (for multinational managers/executives and specialized knowledge professionals), and EB-1 (for employment based immigration). Ms. Antoine received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Pace University School of Law and her Master of Business Administration from Pace University, Lubin School of Business. As a law student, Dominique received her International Law Certificate in which she was required to take a variety of international law related courses and was selected as the Note & Comment Editor for the Pace International Law Review and the Secretary for the Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA). She also participated in the Externship Abroad program in between her first and second year of law school where she was afforded the opportunity to work in a prestigious large firm (Clayton Utz) in Sydney, Australia focusing on international arbitration. As a graduate student, Dominique served as the Editor for her Economics Professor/Chair of the Economics Department. Dominique received her Bachelor of Science from St. John's University in Marketing with an International Business concentration. Ms. Antoine is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Ms. Peterson is an Associate with the Nanuet office of Malik & Popiel, P.C. specializing in immigrant and nonimmigrant matters which include H-1B (for specialized occupation professionals), L-1A/L-1B (for multinational managers/executives and specialized knowledge professionals), and EB-1 (for employment based immigration). Ms. Peterson holds a Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Vermont Law School. She also holds a B.A. in English Literature and double minor in Government and Human Development from Connecticut College. While in law school, Ms. Peterson served as the Web-Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Vice-President of the Student Community Outreach and Education Association, and Secretary of the Women’s Law Group. She was also a Judge Reiss Scholar and a Jonathan J. Williams Memorial Fellow. Her prior work experience includes Peace Corps Sierra Leone teaching English, nonprofit humanitarian immigration work, civil rights law with a focus on police brutality and excessive force with Amnesty International, and most recently employment, family-based, and appeals applications with the Office of Chief Counsel for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Ms. Rohatgi has been practicing law before the Indian courts for over 15 years. She is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi, and the Delhi Bar Association.

Narendra M. Sharma, Advocate

Narendra M. Sharma is a graduate of Rajasthan University, India where he obtained a B.SC, LL.B. and LL.M.

Mr. Sharma has been practicing as an Advocate and Advisor in the High Courts and Supreme Court of India, as well as has served as Counsel in Domestic and International Arbitrations and Tribunals for over 20 years.